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Søren Søeborg Ohlsen

I represent the Danish Association of Cultural Centres (Kulturhusene I Danmark - KHiD) within the board of ENCC and have done so since 2007. KHiD comprises about 100 cultural centres including both the large centres subsidized by the municipalities in the cities and the small centres in rural areas led by volunteers. The cultural centres are seen as the necessary physical frame around cultural processes primarily based on local initiative. Although the centres differ a lot when it comes to size and facilities, they all share the fundamental purpose of organizing and presenting cultural events, as well as facilitating local cultural initiatives with both know-how, rooms and technical equipment. Since cultural centres in Denmark by nature are strongly locally rooted, we find it equally important to create lasting and vivid connections to cultural centres within Europe on both organizational level as well as on personal level between professionals and volunteers in the centres. We strongly believe that organizing cultural centres at both national and European level is an important tool for the development and support of the activities in each center as well as for the development of true respect and understanding of the qualities of cultural diversity.

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European Network of Cultural Centres (ENCC) unites regional and national networks across European Union, representing over 3000 cultural centres with over 40 million visitors per year.

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